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Funny Sayings
A word and an arrow in this are alike: they both quickly find their targets.
A word once let out, flies quickly away.
A word once out flies everywhere.
A word once spoken can never be recalled.
A word once spoken, an army of chariots cannot overtake it.
A word spoken is past recalling.
A word to the good is enough, but even a stick won’t help the bad.
A word to the wise is sufficient.
A word, once let loose, cannot be caught even by four galloping horses.
A worthless vessel is seldom broken.
A wound foreseen pains the less.
A wound never heals so well that the scar cannot be seen.
A wound, when fresh, shrinks from the touch.
A wounded spirit is hard to heal.
A year's harvest counts on spring; a man's success counts on his diligence.
A yellow weasel victimizes a sick duck.
A young angel, an old devil.
A young branch takes all the bends one gives it.
A young branch takes on all the bends that one gives it.
A young doctor makes a full graveyard.
A young ewe and an old ram, every year bring forth a lamb.
A young foal and an old horse draw not well together.
A young man idle, an old man needy.
A young man married is a young man marred.
A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
A young pheasant flaps its wings and is startled by the wind it makes.
A young preacher, a new hell.
A young prodigal, an old beggar.
A young puppy does not fear the tiger.
A young tree bends, an old one hardens and breaks.
A young whore, an old saint.
A young widow is not long a widow.
A young woman with an old man is really someone else's woman.
Above all, avoid quarrels excited by wine.
Abroad one has a hundred eyes, at home not one.
Abroad to see wonders the traveler goes, and neglects the fine things which lie under his nose.
Abroad we judge the dress; at home we judge the man - or woman.
Abroad we judge the dress; at home we judge the man.
Absence is a foe to love: away from the eyes, away from the heart.
Absence is a foe to love: out of sight out of mind.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder – for someone else.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Absence sharpens love; presence strengthens it.
